Wagon-brake



(No Model.)

J. MILLER.

WAGON BRA-KB.

No. 478,349. Patented July 5', 1892.

UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

vJOHN MILLER, OF VELPEN, INDIANA.

WAGONZ-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,349, dated July 5, 1892.

Application iled December 26, 1891. Serial No. 416.250. (No model.) I

.T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MILLER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Velpen, in the county of Pike and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Brake for Hay- Racks and food-Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in brakes. Y

The object of the present invention is to provide for hay-racks and the like a brake which may be readily operated at the top of the load by the feet of the driver to leave his hands free for driving.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out 1n the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View ot' a hay-rack provided with a brake con' structed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the running-gear. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective View.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures of the drawings.

1 designates a hay-rack provided at its front end with a pivoted frame 2, designed to support theforward end of a ridge-pole (not shown) in the usual manner and adapted when not in use to be folded down upon the hay-rack. A shaft 3 extends longitudinally of the frame 2 and is journaled in suitable bearings of the same and carries at its lower end a drum 4, around which is wound one end of a rope 5, which has its other end connected to a brakelever 6, whereby when the shaft is turned by a wheel 7 at the upper end of the same the brake-shoes 8 will be applied. The wheel 7, which is secured to the upper end of the shaft 3, is designed to be arranged to form a foot-rest when the driver is seated on the load, so that it may be turned by his feet in order to leave his hands free for driving, and the brake is secured when applied by a pawl 9 and aratchetwheel 10, arranged at the top of the frame 2.

The hay-rack is mounted on a runnin g-gear 11, and is provided atits rear end with a pulley 12, around which the rope 5 passes. The brake-lever 6 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends, and has its end 13 connected by a rod 14 wit-l1 an arm 15 of a rock-shaft 16. The rock-shaftis mounted on the rear bolster and is provided intermediate its ends with arms 17, which are connected by rods 18 with a sliding brake-bar 19. The' brake-bar is proided-at its ends with the brake-shoes 8, and it is mounted onl a plate 20, secured to the rear hounds and extending transversely of the same, and the said brake-bar is provided on its lower face with transversely disposed flanges 21, which'form grooves to receive the ends of the transverse plate 20, whereby the brake-bar is slidingly mounted on the plate 20 and is held against longitudinal movement. The rope 5 extends from the drum 4 at the front of the hay-rack to the rear end of the rack and passes around the pulley 12 and is connected to the end 22 of the brake-lever 6. The end 22 of the brake-leveris also connected by a rope 23 with the drum, and the rope 23 is designed when the brake is being released to be Wound around the drum, so that there will be a positive action in drawing the brakeshoes ott the wheels. Instead of employing ropes,chains or other liexible connections may be used. The end 13 of the brake-lever is arranged in a keeper 24 of the rack. What I claim is p 1. The combination of a running-gear, a brake-bar arranged on the running-gear and provided with brake-shoes, a rook-shaft connected with the brake-bar, a hay-rack mounted on the running-gear and provided at its front end with a hinged frame and provided at its rear end with a'pulley, a shaft journaled in the frame and provided at its upper end with a wheel and having at its lower end a drum arranged below the point of hinging, a brakelever fulcrumed intermediate its end and having one end connected with the rock-shaft, and a rope secured to the other end of the brake-lever and passing round the pulley and extending therefrom to the drum and wound around the same, substantially as described. 2. The combination of a running-gear, a brake-bar arranged on the running-gear and provided with brake-shoes, a rock-shaft connected with the brake-bar, a hay-rack mounted on the running-gear and provided at its front 'end with a hinged frame and having at its IOO rear end a pulley, abIake-leverfnlornmed inof the brake-lever and its other end attached ro termediate its ends and havingits end 13 eonto the drum, substantially as described.

nected with the rook-shaft, a shaft journaled In testimony that I claim the foregoing as in the frame and having,r at its lower end a my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in 'drum arranged below the point of hinging, a the presence of two Witnesses.

rope having one enel secured to the other end JOHN MILLER. 22 of the brake-lever and passing around the IVitnesses: pulley and"" Wound around the drum, and a- WILLIAM RISLEY,

rope having one end connected to the end 22 IVILLLAM NVARREN. 

